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Volleyball Roundup
Prairie Valley vs Gold-Burg
The Prairie Valley Lady Bulldogs traveled to Gold-Burg on Tuesday to see if they could wrap up a second straight district title.
The Lady Bulldogs won in straight sets against a Lady Bears team who was celebrating senior night and had been aiming to take them down since the beginning of the season.
Prairie Valley won with scores of 25-10, 25-9 and 25-14.
The Lady Bulldogs Coach Jeannie Carpenter was proud of how her team played considering the circumstances.
With the tragic passing of a fellow student this week on top of most of the team competing in the regional cross country meet the day before, Carpenter was not sure what her team would give her mentally or physically.
“In true Lady Bulldog fashion these girls rallied together and dominated the court,” Carpenter said. “Even with all the rivalry this game held, the Gold-Burg team took time to pray with us before the game. It was emotional and a true testament that we can be fierce competitors on the court, but off the court it is about friendship, compassion and mutual respect amongst teams and players.”
The Lady Bears will first have to win their bi-district game against Grafor at 6:30 p.m. at Perrin-Whitt on Nov. 5.
With the district title, the Lady Bulldogs get a bye into an area playoff game where they will play Savoy at 7 p.m. in Valley View on Nov. 7.
Forestburg
The Forestburg Lady Horns finished off district on Tuesday with a tough match at 2A Lindsay.
The Lady Knights beat the Lady Horns in straight sets with scores of 25-9, 25-7 and 25-6.
Coach Cori Hayes thought his team held up well against the bigger 2A Lindsay and liked how his girls competed.
“We came out and our mindset was to get ready for our playoff game and dig in on defense,” Hayes said.
Facing only one 1A team in almost two months hopes to have paid off when Forestburg goes to the playoffs. The Lady Horns play Bryson at Jacksboro on Nov. 7.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Bowie, playing on a short rest, held with host Jacksboro for most of the volleyball match Oct. 1, but the Tigerettes pulled away late and defeated the Lady Rabbits 3-1 (26-24, 12-25, 25-14, 22-25).
The match was scheduled for Oct. 2 but was moved. Both teams are now 2-2 in District 6-3A.
Jacksboro got out to a quick lead in game one before Olivia Stewart’s kill and a three-point Olivia Richey serving run put the visitors up 8-7. Junior Abby Reneau broke things open with a six-point string to give Bowie a 15-8 cushion and force Jacksboro into a timeout.
The Tigerettes came back and took an 18-16 lead. KP Rutherford’s kill broke the serve and allowed Molly Enlow to tie the game at 18.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Gold-Burg Football Coach Austin Norman called his Bears’ 35-32 loss to host Perrin a “barn burner”.
It most definitely was as Gold-Burg, now 1-5 for the year gave the 5-1 Pirates everything they wanted for four quarters. Gold-Burg scored on the last play of the first half on a Peyton Epperson run with the two point conversion cutting the deficit to 20-16.
The Bears were their own worst enemy to open the third quarter with face mask and offside penalties moving the Pirates downfield setting up a first-and-goal at the Bear three. Defense by Epperson, Keelyn Case and Barrett Allen and a pair of Perrin penalties helped stop the drive and force a turnover on downs.
Gold-Burg was slapped with an intentional grounding penalty on the first play, giving Perrin a safety and extending the Pirate lead to 22-16. Defense by Epperson and JoJuan Grace after a first down run closed out the third quarter.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Nocona and Prairie Valley cross country teams took part in the Prairie Valley Invitational Sept. 20 while Bowie varsity runners competed in the Lubbock Invitational.
Lubbock
Leading the Rabbits was Kellen Rater who finished 10th among 162 runners with a time of 17:24.50. Finishing behind Rater was Shawn Willett with a time of 19:33.20. Hayden Sutton ran a 20:27.10 followed by Taven Melton in 20:39.20, Coleman Holloway in 20:53.80 and Jaxon Castro with a time of 21:31.60.
Laney Segura led the Lady Rabbits with a time of 14:41.30. She was followed by Kylee Waldrep in 15:56.80, Bella Lozano in 16:04.80, Angeles Alvarez with a time of 16:15.40, AnDee Miller in 16:23.70 and Isabella Caswell in 16:51 flat.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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